Cellarius's "Atlas Coelestis" was published by Jan Jansson (1588-1664), son-in-law of the famed Jodocus Hondius, Sr. (1563-1612). The work contained illustrated plates of the stars and other astronomical theories using contemporary conceptions of the universe. This particular chart, plate 9 in the atlas, shows the cosmology according to Danish astronomer, Tycho Brahe. According to Johnson, the map was a way to compromise between the Ptolemaic beliefs about the universe and the Copernican beliefs. According to Johnson, in Tycho's theory, "all of the planets except Earth revolve around the sun, as they do in the Copernican model, but then that entire set of planets revolves about the earth, thus ultimately preserving the Ptolemaic point of view….Despite its cleverness, this scheme did not gain support…" (Johnson).